灌溉 guàngài to irrigate
How to remember 灌溉: 灌 to water + 溉 to water = to irrigate.
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How it is used
- To irrigate farmland - 引水灌溉农田 (yǐn shuǐ guàngài nóngtián) channel water to irrigate the fields.
- An agricultural term; the object is crops or land, and it pairs with 系统 (灌溉系统, irrigation system).
- Don't confuse with 浇水 (jiāo shuǐ, to water plants), the everyday small-scale term; 灌溉 is systematic, large-scale.